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Slocawber Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Situation

After listening to a recorded dialogue, do you think the following question is acceptable?

'Do you understand the situation?'

Or is the word 'situation' a bit unidiomatic?

Let me take the chance to thank you all for the invaluable job you're doing here!
  

Top answer

' It's fine. More informal: Do you understand what's going on? slocawber Let me take the chance to thank you all for the invaluable job you're doing here!

  • ' It's fine.
  • More informal: Do you understand what's going on?
  • slocawber Let me take the chance to thank you all for the invaluable job you're doing here!
  • On behalf of CJ, Mister Micawber, Clive, 5jj, GPY, Blue Jay and all the gang, thanks for the compliment!
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slocawber'Do you understand the situation?'
It's fine.

More informal: Do you understand what's going on?
slocawberLet me take the chance to thank you all for the invaluable job you're doing here!
On behalf of CJ, Mister Micawber, Clive, 5jj, GPY, Blue Jay and all the gang, thanks for the compliment!

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